Clown agression

[AdamSabina]

I currently have two tanks. I'm trying to shut one down and combined live stock but I have one true percula that is about 7-8 months old and a pair of ocellarus clowns got them 1.5 years agoI want to add them to the same tank. Will my female Ocellarus kill the perc?

None of the clowns are hosting right now.. Tank is 48" x 30 x 24 (which comes to 150 gallons)

 

[CoralsAddiction]

The only negative about trying all of them in one tank is this: If things don't workout would you be willing to tear down the whole tank if necessary to catch a clownfish? generally they are not hard to catch but I had one snowflake before that was really really hard to catch...and that was just in a 60 gallon. Can't imagine doing the same in a 150, especially if you have a lot of live rock and corals.

 

[taylor t]

If you need to catch one, you could always turn the lights out and make it dark in there. They're really easy to catch when they are in a dark tank a while (sleeping) and you shine the flashlight in their eyes. They don't see you coming. Easy to use a cup to scoop them up.

 

[AdamSabina]

The only negative about trying all of them in one tank is this: If things don't workout would you be willing to tear down the whole tank if necessary to catch a clownfish? generally they are not hard to catch but I had one snowflake before that was really really hard to catch...and that was just in a 60 gallon. Can't imagine doing the same in a 150, especially if you have a lot of live rock and corals.

So there is an okay chance she want go Bruce Lee on the perc? I've never had 3 clowns in a tank.

 

[CoralsAddiction]

So there is an okay chance she want go Bruce Lee on the perc? I've never had 3 clowns in a tank.

I think so. She might tolerate the true perc for a little bit and then start showing off her Karate skills